In his career, Christensen caught 461 passes for 5,872 yards and 41 touchdowns. In eight postseason games, he caught 31 balls for 358 yards and only one touchdown. He led the league in receptions twice, and his 349 receptions from 1983 through 86 (four seasons) was an NFL record. In 2017, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Christensen to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2017 After the NFL Following his football career Christensen participated in Masters Track and Field, where he set an age-group world record in the Heptathlon and was the top decathlete in the world for ages 45-and-over. In 1990, during the Major League Baseball lockout, he tried out for the Oakland Athletics. Christensen became a broadcaster, co-hosting the second half of the first season of American Gladiators with Mike Adamle. He later joined the NFL on NBC as a color commentator from 1990 to 1994, teaming up with Charlie Jones for the first four years and, had Greg Gumbel stayed in CBS, he would have teamed up with Drew Goodman instead of Jim Lampley in 1994. In 1994, Christensen guest-starred on an episode of Married... with Children titled "Kelly Knows Something." Christensen did color commentary for ESPN's college football coverage before moving to MountainWest Sports Network. Christensen would remain with "the mtn." until the network shut down on May 31, 2012. Christensen was announced as the new analyst for CBS Sports Network Navy games in August 2012. In 2000, he was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Death Christensen died at age 57 on November 13, 2013, from complications during liver transplant surgery at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, near his home in Alpine. He had battled liver disease and related illnesses for about two years, though his son, Toby, said his liver issues began with a "botched" gallbladder surgery 25 years earlier. References External links 1956 births 2013 deaths American football fullbacks American football tight ends American game show hosts American masters athletes Arena football announcers BYU Cougars football players Dallas Cowboys players Los Angeles Raiders players National Football League announcers New York Giants players Notre Dame Fighting Irish football announcers Oakland Raiders players American Conference Pro Bowl players People from Alpine, Utah People from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Eugene, Oregon Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon) alumni Players of American football from Oregon Latter Day Saints from Oregon Latter Day